Justia Labor & Employment Law Opinion Summaries

Kayla Vaughn appealed decisions of Mississippi’s Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS), the Hinds County Circuit Court, and the Court of Appeals, in which she says she was denied the benefits due to a member of PERS. The retiree, Marjorie Kahn died prior to collecting benefits, and her beneficiary died prior to collecting all of the retiree’s benefits. As the surviving family member of the beneficiary, but not of the retiree, Kayla asserts that she was entitled to the remaining benefits. While PERS, the Hinds County Circuit Court, and the Court of Appeals erred by applying the current versions of the PERS statutes, rather than the version in force when the retiree made her elections, the Mississippi Supreme Court ultimately found that such error was harmless, and thus affirmed the judgments of each of these entities in result only. View "Vaughn v. Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi" on Justia Law